OTTAWA PACTS

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 105, 28 January 1938, Page 11

OTTAWA PACTS

Australian Delegates To Revision Talks THREE MINISTERS Agreement With America To Be Negotiated By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received January 27. 5.55 p.m.) Sydney, January 27. Australia's Ministerial delegation to the conference for-, revision of the Ottawa Agreements, at London, will be the Minister of Commerce, Sir Earle Page, the Attorney-General, Mr. R. A. Menzies, and the Minister of Customs, Mr. T. W. White. Senior officers of the Commonwealth will leave for Washington next mouth to make preliminary arrangements for a commercial agreement with the United States. \ The Ministerial delegation will sail fqr London direct in March, and is likely to visit Washington on the return journey. is understood the proposed trade agreement with the United States will have an important bearing upon the discussions t'or the revision of the Ottawa pacts. The Federal Cabinet, which met at Sydney to-day, discussed the report by tbe Minister of Customs concerning his trade talks with New Zealand. Mr. Parry Meets Ministers. Advantage of the visit of a number of Federal Ministers to Sydney lias been taken by Mr. W. E. Parry, New Zealand Minister of Internal Affairs, to discuss matters of international importance with them. Several conferences have also been held between Mr. Parry and New South Wales Ministers, as well as other visiting State Ministers. Mr. Parry stated lie had been met by a general readiness to co-operate, but larger questions could not be discussed until the conclusion of the chief sesqulcentenary festivities.